If Dandelions are plentiful in your garden space, chances are that your soil is fairly acidic.
Plantain indicates soil that’s low in nutrients and fertility.
Crabgrass around your garden means you have some pretty moist (and highly fertile) soil.
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Peter V. Fossel has been gardening since he was nine, and has been an organic farmer for the last 20 years. His most recent book, “Organic Farming, Everything You Need to know” was published by Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, 2007. He’s written numerous gardening articles for Organic Gardening, Horticulture, Country Journal, Out Here, and American Profile among others. He was Gardens Manager for The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson in Tennessee before returning to Cape Cod to start his newest organic venture, Swan River Farm in Dennisport, MA.
